Drug Policy

• 15 Years After Prop. 215, California's A.G. Wonders Where Patients Are Supposed to Get Their Marijuana, Jacob Sullum, December 22, 2011
• If You Are a Potential Juror, Do Not Read This Post, Jacob Sullum, December 21, 2011
• Space Mogul Richard Branson Defends Our Rights to Explore Outer Space and Inner Space, Brian Doherty, December 20, 2011
• Awful Obama Poll Numbers; New Penn State Charges; New Fannie/Freddie Charges; Barry Bonds Sentenced: PM Links, Tim Cavanaugh, December 16, 2011
• Republicans Restore Ban on Needle Exchange Funding, Jacob Sullum, December 16, 2011
• Brewer Stands Up for the 10th Amendment by Asking a Federal Judge to Overturn Her State's Medical Marijuana Law, Jacob Sullum, December 15, 2011
• Mike Riggs on the Prospect of Criminal Justice Reform in Florida, December 14, 2011
• Weed Wars: Medical Marijuana Hits Reality TV, Meredith Bragg & Anthony L. Fisher, December 14, 2011
• Did Teen Pot Smoking Rise or Hold Steady This Year? Yes., Jacob Sullum, December 14, 2011
• Ending the Global Drug War: Voices from the Front Lines, Anthony L. Fisher, December 13, 2011
• Holder Proves Once Again That He Is Not Really in Charge of the Justice Department, Jacob Sullum, December 12, 2011
• A. Barton Hinkle on the Fight to Legalize Hemp, December 9, 2011
• House Approves Bill Banning Fake Pot and Imitation Speed, Jacob Sullum, December 8, 2011
• Florida Drug Search Claims Flunk the Smell Test, Jacob Sullum, December 8, 2011
• After Illegally Busting Pot Smokers for More Than a Decade, the NYPD Starts Following the Law a Little More Often, Jacob Sullum, December 7, 2011
• Judge: Using Helicopters, National Guard, and New Mexico State Police to Raid 72-Year-Old Man's House Was "Excessive", Mike Riggs, December 7, 2011
• SCOTUS Declines to Review Appeals Court Decision Upholding California's Medical Marijuana Law*, Jacob Sullum, December 7, 2011
• Smart Kids Do Drugs, Jacob Sullum, December 6, 2011
• Obama's 'Innovative, Compassionate, and Evidence-Based Drug Policies', Jacob Sullum, December 5, 2011
• L.A. Can Still Regulate Medical Marijuana Shops, Jacob Sullum, December 2, 2011
• Appalling Moments in Newtspeak, Jacob Sullum, December 1, 2011
• DC Police Say Knowing Your Rights is an Indicator of Criminal Activity!, Nick Gillespie, December 1, 2011
• 'The Bill of Rights Is Not a Trick', Jacob Sullum, December 1, 2011
• Two Governors Ask the DEA to Reschedule Marijuana, Jacob Sullum, November 30, 2011
• Colorado Drug Warrior Busted for Meth Distribution, Jacob Sullum, November 30, 2011
• Should Judges Continue Imposing Sentences Congress Has Rejected as Unfair?, Jacob Sullum, November 30, 2011
• Reason Morning Links: Gary Johnson Gives up on New Hampshire, 200 Arrested at Occupy Los Angeles, Greece "Saved Overnight", Mike Riggs, November 30, 2011
• Do Medical Marijuana Laws Reduce Traffic Fatalities?, Jacob Sullum, November 29, 2011
• Reason.tv: Obama's DOJ Cracks Down on Medical Marijuana, Zach Weissmueller & Tracy Oppenheimer, November 29, 2011
• Newt Gingrich Says Drug Use Is "Antithetical to Being an American," Wants to Escalate Drug War by Impoverishing More Users, Mike Riggs, November 28, 2011
• 'Oh Yeah Man, We Got the Water Pipes Bro', Jacob Sullum, November 23, 2011
• Digital Drugs: The Gateway to the Gateway, Jacob Sullum, November 23, 2011
• Claiming Control of an Element, the DEA Puts an Old Man Out of Business. For the Children., Jacob Sullum, November 23, 2011
• More of These, Please: Obama's First Commutation, Jacob Sullum, November 22, 2011
• CBS Poll: Yes to Medical Marijuana, But What We Have Now Isn't So Medicinal, Lucy Steigerwald, November 18, 2011
• 20 Years Later, Mandatory Minimum Sentences Are Still Mindlessly Draconian, Jacob Sullum, November 18, 2011
• Review Questions Warnings About Meth's Mental Effects, Jacob Sullum, November 17, 2011
• Another Depressing Story of a Kid Narcing on His Parents, Lucy Steigerwald, November 17, 2011
• Drop Those Drugs, Jacob Sullum, November 16, 2011
• Obama War on Medical Pot Sweeps Washington Yesterday, Brian Doherty, November 16, 2011
• Everyone's a Federalist on Medical Pot, Until He's Elected, Jacob Sullum, November 16, 2011
• Colombia's President: 'I Would Talk About Legalizing...More Than Just Marijuana', Jacob Sullum, November 15, 2011
• The Best Way to Fight Mexico's Drug Cartels, Jacob Sullum, November 14, 2011
• California Appeals Court Upholds Local Bans on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries, Jacob Sullum, November 11, 2011
• Reason.tv: Pot Prevails! Rob Kampia Discusses Marijuana's Recent Political Triumphs, Tracy Oppenheimer & Nick Gillespie, November 11, 2011
• Cato Conference: Ending the Global War on Drugs, Jacob Sullum, November 9, 2011
• U.S. Attorney Cracking Down on Medical Marijuana Says 'California Law Doesn't Matter', Jacob Sullum, November 9, 2011
• Will Obama 'Reassert Himself' on Medical Marijuana?, Jacob Sullum, November 8, 2011
• Study: Medical Marijuana Doesn't Make the Kids More Reefer-Mad in Rhode Island, Lucy Steigerwald, November 3, 2011
• 10th Amendment Challenge to Medical Marijuana Crackdown, Jacob Sullum, November 1, 2011
• The Drug Czar Just Says No to Marijuana Legalization, Jacob Sullum, October 31, 2011
• Colorado Issues Licenses to Medical Marijuana Suppliers, Jacob Sullum, October 28, 2011
• Chicago May Decriminalize Marijuana Possession, Jacob Sullum, October 28, 2011
• Colombia's President Wants to Give Pot Peace a Chance, Jacob Sullum, October 27, 2011
• RAND Pot Dispensary Crime Study Retracted, Tim Cavanaugh, October 25, 2011
• Reason.tv: Former MTV VJ and Radio Host Kennedy on Medical Marijuana, The Politics of Alt Rock, and How She Went From Conservative to Libertarian, Tim Cavanaugh & Zach Weissmueller, October 25, 2011
• Heaven for Medical Marijuana Patients Is Hell for the DOJ, Jacob Sullum, October 24, 2011
• Reason.tv: Guatemalan Drug Gangs & Me - The Human Cost of Prohibition, Alex Manning & Paul Feine, October 24, 2011
• Pediatrician Group Seeks to Boost ADHD Diagnoses, Jacob Sullum, October 18, 2011
• New Gallup Survey: A Majority of Americans Favor Legalizing Marijuana Use, Emily Ekins, October 18, 2011
• Kelsey Grammer's Libertarianism; Scott Dilbert's Federalism, Matt Welch, October 18, 2011
• California's Largest Medical Association Says Marijuana Prohibition Is Bad Public Health Policy, Mike Riggs, October 16, 2011
• You Can't Say That on TV: U.S. Attorney Promises to Target Medical Marijuana Advertising, Peter Suderman, October 12, 2011
• Cannabis Candy Leaves Sour Taste in Drug Warriors' Mouths, Jacob Sullum, October 10, 2011
• U.N. Prohibitionists Document Prohibition-Related Violence, Jacob Sullum, October 10, 2011
• Can Prohibitionists Admire Steve Jobs?, Jacob Sullum, October 10, 2011
• California's U.S. Attorneys Think It's Impossible to Make Money While Helping Patients, Jacob Sullum, October 7, 2011
• Gary Johnson on the DOJ's Medical Marijuana Crackdown: "Maybe it's time for the feds to just admit that their law is just wrong", Mike Riggs, October 7, 2011
• Remember When Obama Said He Would Stop the DEA's Raids on Oregon's Medical Marijuana Growers? Neither Does He., Jacob Sullum, October 7, 2011
• DOJ Launches 'Coordinated Crackdown' on Medical Marijuana, Jacob Sullum, October 6, 2011